Aloo fry or Aloo Bhujia is a popular north Indian recipe and is a popular choice for tiffin recipes. Stir fry preparation of Potatoes have several different forms and is every household has its own recipe for this dish. Today, I would like to discuss that version which is more popularly prepared in a UP-Bihar household. At my home, Aloo Bhujia is prepared with Sabut Masoor Ki Dal and Steamed Rice. Together combination of this meal is an epitome of a perfect comfort food.

How to Cook Dal in Microwave is a skill worth knowing in absence of Pressure Cooker. This blog post discusses step-by-step process to cook Dal in a Microwave Oven in about 30 mins.

There is no food as comforting as a humble meal comprising of Dal Chawal . As they say ‘Best things in life are often simple too’ and Dal Chawal combination qualifies to be a perfect example for this quote.

Steamed Rice is the simplest form of Rice preparation consumed in every cuisine of India. This blog post, in a step-by-step process explains in a much simplified way, how steamed rice can be made in Microwave.

Officially, India has no designated national vegetable. If there would have been any, my vote would go for Potato. Here is a guy, who is loved across the board. He is loved by vegetarians, non-vegetarians, and even those nasty kids who hate the sight of any vegetables in their dinner plates find themselves at peace with this ubiquitous veggie.

The festival of Ganeshotsav is celebrated with great enthusiasm and excitement in India and more particularly in Maharashtra. This is a 10 day festival that starts with Ganesh Chaturthi. In Sanskrit, Chaturthi refers to fourth day and this festival is specifically celebrated during fourth day of the waxing moon in Bhadrapada as per Hindu calendar which comes around August-September.

Cheese Chili Toast is a brunch recipe. You know one of those days when you miss your breakfast, and would want to have something heavy that would compensate for breakfast and lunch. We make these on some Sunday’s when we get up late, miss our breakfast, and have an afternoon movie show to catch up. So we squeeze in this recipe in between which keeps us full till the movie gets over.

Let me be honest, we decided to make this tomato chutney last week as a stop gap arrangement. Let me narrate my complete story. I had sensed, looking at my past week schedule and by the scale of work left at office that this week is not going to be any different, which meant going pretty early to office and by the time I would come back home, I would be so tired that I would have no time nor energy to do any prep work for my next day breakfast.